Measuring Information Seeking through Facebook: Scale development and initial evidence of Information Seeking in Facebook Scale (ISFS)

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Highlights:

• Previous studies measuring information seeking in Facebook lack methodological rigor.

• Items for Information Seeking in Facebook Scale (ISFS) were created.

• ISFS items were subjected to EFA and yielded five factors.

• CFA indicated a good fit for the 5-factor model.

• Initial evidence of ISFS indicated strong reliability and validity.

摘要

•Previous studies measuring information seeking in Facebook lack methodological rigor.•Items for Information Seeking in Facebook Scale (ISFS) were created.•ISFS items were subjected to EFA and yielded five factors.•CFA indicated a good fit for the 5-factor model.•Initial evidence of ISFS indicated strong reliability and validity.

论文关键词:Information seeking,Facebook,Facebook users,Construct validity,Reliability

论文评审过程:Available online 18 June 2015, Version of Record 18 June 2015.

论文官网地址:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2015.06.005